Metal keg



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, Application filed July 8, 1880. Serial No. 485,750.

; This invention relates to a metal keg and has for its primar object to provide, in a manner as'hereina er set forth, a non-warp- Y able keg having detachable end members or 6 heads in order that the keg may be readily disassembled without, injury to the parts thereof.

A further object of the invention is to revide a keg having detachable heads as a ore- 1 said, whereinthe heads are secured in position in a manner to prevent any loosening thereof by lead pressure within the keg.

' A further object of the invention is to revide a keg having detachable heads as a ore- 1 said, wherein the heads and securing means therefor are constructed in a manner to pro-' vide for the adaptation. of the heads to a keg of sectional body type, or unitary body type e as desired- With the foregoing and other objects in view, .the invention consists of the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts .as hereinafter more particularly described, and as illustrated in the accompan 2 ing drawings wherein is'shown an embo' iment of the invention, but it is to be understood that' the description and 'draw' vention is intended to be limited only by the sco eof the claims hereunto appended.

-- the accompanying drawings in which P like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the several views Figure 1 1s a longitudinal section through a keg in accordance with this invention. Figure 2 is a plan thereof. Figure '3 is an enlarged, fragmentary, perspective view thereof shown partly in section. Figure 4 is an enlarged, sectional perspective view of one of t e head securing elements.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of'one of the heads. Referring to the drawings'in detail, the numeral 1 indicates the body portion of the ke which in the embodiment shown is of cy indrical, unitary construction, but which may be of sectional construction if desired,

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' .to be taken as illustrative and that t e inin which case each of the sections preferably will be a segment of a cylinder. The body 1 is open at its ends and is formed in spaced relation to each end with an outwardly directed annular flat shoulder 2 to provide ofiset end portions 3 of greater diameter than the central portion of the body 1. Each of the end portions 3 has a part thereof. pressed outwardl to provide. a hollow outwardly directed Disposed within each end portion 3 is a -shaped rib 4 on the end portion circumferentially of the latter.

head securing element indicated generally at 5 which is in the form of a split annulus 6 formed at one edge with an inwardly extend ing lip 7 The split in the annulus is indicatedf at 8 and extends through the lip 7. When the element 5 is in position the 11p 7 is seated on and extends inwardiy from a shoulder 2 of the body portion 1. The annulus 6 has apart thereof ofiset toprovide a circumferentially extending rib 9 which is seated within the rib 4 in an end portion 3 when the annulus is expanded or spread.

The lip 7 supports the head 10 of the keg,

such head bemg formed with an annular flange 11 disposed within and abutting the inner face of the annulus 6 tomaintain the latter in expanded or-spread'condition.

. Formed on the upper ed e of the anulus- 6 is a series of spaced sets 0 fingers 12, in the resent instance six sets of such fingers being shown with three fin ers to each set. The

head 10 is maintaine in position b means of the fingers 12, alternate ones of w ich'ar'e bent inwardly over the flange 11 of the head,

the remaining fingers being bent outwardly over the upper edge of the end portion 3 of the bed 1. It will be noted that alternate sets of e fingers have one finger thereof bent over the flange 11 with the remaining fingers of the set bent over the edge portion of the. en-

larged end 3 of tliebody, In the next adjacent sets of fingers, one of the fingers is bent over the edge portion of an enlarged end 3 while the remaining fingers are bent over the flange 11.

The annulus 6 may be of appropriate diameter to bring the edges 13 thereof adjacent the split 8 substantially in abutting relation when the rib 9 is disposed within the rib},

or to bring the edges 13 into spaced relation when the rib 9 is in position within the rib 4, as desired. The ribs 4 and 9 are of V-shape cross section. In the former case, portions of the annulus adjacent the edges 3 W11]. be overlapped when assembling the element 5 with res ect to its corresponding end portion 3, wh1le in the latter case, the edges 13 will be held in contacting relation when assembling the element 5 with respectto its corresponding end portion 3. Such of the fin ers 12 as are bent over the end portion 3 ten to maintain the rib 9 in position with' 1 the rib 4 whereby relative movement between the element 5 and 15 body portion longitudinally of the latter is revented, while such of the fingers 12 as are nt over the flange 11 maintain the head 10 in seated position'on the lip 7. It is thought that the many advantages of so a keg in accordance with this invention will be readil apparent, and although the referred embo iment of the invention is as lustrated and described, it is to 'be understood that changes in the size, sha and arrangement of parts may be resorts to, so long as such changes fall within the ,scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

What we claim is 1. A keg comprising a tubular body formed so adjacent each end thereof with an outwardly directed right angularly disposed annular shoulder providing said body with end portions offreater diameter than the portion of said bo y between said shoulders, each of said end portions being offset to provide an outwardly directed hollow annular rib disposed circumferentially thereof, an expandible sectional annulus positioned within each of said end portions and formed with an inwardly extending flat annular lip seated tures hereto,

CHARLES E. CARR.

ELMER E. SCHWARZ.

against and extending inwardly from a shou'l-' der, each of said annuli being ofiset to provide an outwardly directed hollow annular ,rib disposed circumferentially thereof and seated in a rib of an end portion, a flanged head mounted in each of said annuli and bearing agpinst the lip of the latter, and spaced. benda le latching means extended from the ,puter edge of each of the annuli and opposing the outer face of an end portion and the inner face of a head. v

g; A keg comprising a tabular body formed ad] acent each end thereof with an outwardly directed right angularly disposed annular shoulder providing said body with end portions of greater diameter than the portion of said body between said shoulders,'each of said end rtions being offset to rovide an outi war ly directed hollow annu ar rib disposed circumferenti'ally thereof, an expandible sectional annulus positioned within each of said ,mna i g and formed with an inwardly extending flat annular lip seated against and extending inwardly from a shoulder, eachi of said annuli being ofiset tosprovide an out- 

